Clip or paper-holder



UNITED STATES PAT NT OFFICE.

EDlVARD DAYTON ROCIUVELL, OF BRISTOL, CONNECTICUT.

CLIP OR PAPER-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 443,210, dated December23, 1890-.

Application filed May 1890. Serial No. 351,970. (No model.)

To all whom it 11mg concern.-

Be it known that I, EDWARD DAYTON ROCK- WELL, of Bristol, in the countyof Hartford and State of Connecticut, have invented a certain new anduseful Clip or Paper-Holder, of which the following is a specification,reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

The object of my invention is to provide a convenient card-holder,blotter-holder, or paper-holder adapted to be hung up on a pin or hookof a desk or the like, and at the same time so light that a blotter orother thing held by it need not necessarily be detached from it for use.

I make my improved clip of a single piece of wire by bending it andforming the jaws of the clip and folding the ends of the wire into anydesired species of hook or eyelet from which to suspend the clip.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a plan View of my improvedclip, and Figs. 2, 3, and at are also plan views showing formalmodifications.

Referring to the letters upon the drawings,

- A A indicate bent portions of the wire forming jaws of the clip uponone side, and B another bent portion of the wire forming another jawupon the other side and extending across the space between the two jawsfirst described. The jaws upon one side are not coincident with thatupon the other side. Consequently it is easy to slip a piece of paper,card-board,

fabric, or the like between the jaws by a wedging sort of action.

C 0' indicate the Wire ends, which are formed into hooks D or eyelets Das shown, or in any desired manner.

I thus produce a simple, cheap, light, and convenient clip, which may beused for many different purposes. Being made of small wire of suitableresilient quality, it does not materially cover up any writing orprinted matter upon papers or cards held by it, so as to prevent readingthem while the clip is serving to hold them. It can readily be detachedfrom one thing and applied to another, and it can readily be removedfrom a hook or pin 011 which it is suspended without detaching it fromthe thingit holds by its jaws. Then an eyelet D is made as shown, theclip can be pulled off without unhooking, the wire ends 0 C separatingfor the purpose, as shown in 2.

hat I claim is A clip or holder for paper, cards, &c., formed of asingle piece of wire having jawsAA' and jaw B, extending across thespace between the jaws A A, and a suspending hook or eyelet,substantially as set forth.

In testimony of all which I have hereunto subscribed my name.

EDWARD DAYTON ROCKWELL.

Witnesses:

ORRIN F. IvEs, CARLOS V. MASON.

